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homophony

ho·mop·hony

UK/həˈmɒfəni/ US/həˈmɑfəni/ uncommon

noun

1.

the same pronunciation for words of different origins

2.

Origin

Internationalism, from French homophonie, from Ancient Greek ὁμοφωνία (homophōnía, “unison”), from ὁμόφωνος (homóphōnos, “of the same sound or tone”). By surface analysis, homo- + -phony.

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